*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 726

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 02uncertainNO SINGLE PIN

*fi(j)ēn- and lexicalized *fi(j)and-

Proto-Germanic linguistic horizon

fijan DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

The verb was inherited across Germanic, while the present-participial enemy formation had already lexicalized before Gothic according to the cross-branch noun parallels.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
uncertain
TIME PRECISION
range
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
YES
CLAIM CITATIONS
2
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.

A comparative-linguistic interval, not an attested spelling date.

PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗
DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic — *fi(j)ēn- and *fi(j)and-

    Publishes the Germanic verb and lexicalized participial noun formations.

    p. 140, *fi(j)ēn- and *fi(j)and-AUDIT SOURCE ↗
  2. supports

    On the syntax of the Agent nouns in Gothic: the case of nd-formations

    Argues that enemy had lexicalized before Gothic.

    p. 47 and note 24, pre-Gothic lexicalization and Germanic parallelsAUDIT SOURCE ↗